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Company has rare win over work bans that jacked up its power bill
Agribusiness giant Manildra has won orders to stop Endeavour Energy workers’ long-running industrial action after arguing it would cost millions of dollars in extra electricity costs.
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- David Marin-Guzman
How this intern turned paper-shuffling into a $3m start-up
Finnlay Morecombe found himself spending hours on a tedious but important task while on an internship. It turned into a fantastic business idea.
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- Julie Hare
Supreme Court turns 200, with a didgeridoo salute
An Indigenous barrister and musician had lead roles in a ceremony to mark the bicentenary of the NSW Supreme Court.
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- Michael Pelly
Westpac brings back time sheets for salaried staff up to $140k
Time recording for high-earners is becoming the new norm in the finance sector as firms guard against underpayments from excessive overtime. But some white-collar workers “hate it”.
- David Marin-Guzman
How Kmart is now more product maker than retailer
Kmart Group’s own brand has boomed, helping it deliver record profits. Its CEO says the low-cost goods chain is now more product maker than retailer.
- Patrick Durkin
‘End it now or we’ll call police’: Uni toughens up on protesters
Melbourne University says protesters ‘crossed a line’ when they occupied a building and warned they could be charged by police if they don’t leave immediately.
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- Julie Hare and Patrick Durkin
Recent columns
Domestic violence is also a workplace issue
Governments should take the lead on the problem, but other groups can do more, including employers. Companies can achieve much more than many imagine.
Columnist
Business school blather can’t beat real-world CEO know-how
What’s needed is a new management theory that avoids the deceptive certainties of neoliberalism and the equally deceptive vagaries of stakeholder capitalism.
Contributor
Employees want more autonomy, so it’s in bosses’ interest to listen
Convinced that happier workers are also more productive, Australia’s most progressive employers are giving staff greater freedom and choice.
Work and careers reporter
No amount of leave offerings will compensate for poor leadership
Companies can have all the flexible and hybrid work arrangements and offer all the leave entitlements under the sun, but if their leaders are poor at leading, they will count for naught.
BOSS editor
Yesterday
CFMEU blockade ‘drives up costs’ on state project
An allegedly illegal CFMEU blockade has cost a Queensland infrastructure project $300,000 and will cause weeks of delays, according to the principal contractor.
- David Marin-Guzman
Migration hit would ‘destroy’ $48b education export sector
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s plan to slash Australia’s annual permanent migrant intake from 185,000 to 140,000 would deliver a near fatal blow to the country’s fourth-largest export.
- Julie Hare
Why it’s harder to sack bad workers
HR managers say they are finding it increasingly difficult to dismiss employees even when they have fair and valid reasons because of provisions protecting staff who exercise workplace rights.
- Euan Black
This Month
The union movement is about to break into Aldi
Aldi’s long history of non-union pay deals has been disrupted as workers reject the supermarket giant’s offer for the first time in decades.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Workplace
Grant Thornton adopts nine-day fortnight, but staff have to earn it
The accounting firm’s year-long trial coincided with record productivity, employee retention and profits.
- Euan Black
- Exclusive
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Go8 Universities agree to combat racism, uphold free speech
Australia’s oldest and most prestigious universities have set out five principles, as Deakin University prepares for a showdown with campus protesters.
- Patrick Durkin and Julie Hare
Adam Powick failed to make partner twice. Now he runs Deloitte
The chief executive says when people fail to get a promotion, they are often told they are doing a good job and should continue along the same path. He reckons that advice is “BS”.
- Ciara Seccombe and Lap Phan
A complex legend: Harold Mitchell farewelled by billionaires, underworld figures
Advertising guru and philanthropist Harold Mitchell has been celebrated as a “larger than life” but complex legend.
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- Patrick Durkin
Three Australian unis make it into new global top 100
The Universities of Melbourne, Sydney and NSW are in the latest Centre for World University Rankings, but there are concerns about the nation’s research output.
- Julie Hare
‘Horrible on every level’: Universities object to migration changes
Changes to limit the number of foreign students at educational colleges, universities and schools are highly interventionist and prescribe not only where students can study but what they can learn, providers said.
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- Julie Hare
Aged care providers back delaying pay rises
Aged care employers have supported the government’s proposal to phase-in aged care pay rises, clashing with unions who are demanding the full rise by July 1.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Opinion
- Domestic violence
Domestic violence is also a workplace issue
Governments should take the lead on the problem, but other groups can do more, including employers. Companies can achieve much more than many imagine.
- Pilita Clark
CFMEU in ‘open defiance’ of the law: judges
Federal Court judges said the CFMEU “simply regards itself as free to disobey the law” and 25 years of fines have done nothing to stop it.
- David Marin-Guzman
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A glimpse into the work day of 2034
The workplace of 2034 will be more dynamic and collaborative than simply looking busy when you sense the boss approaching.
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First movers already embracing the power of AI
At the coalface of AI adoption, pioneering companies across industries ranging from software behemoths to nimble crane drivers are setting the pace for the future of work.
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Businesses have fresh imperatives to leverage AI in the workplace
Taking time to focus on “deep work” or on a single task without distractions – boosts productivity and often yields better, higher quality work.
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High-tech road to global talent pool
Australian firms are entering a new era of talent acquisition with the adoption of a revolutionary platform redefining the landscape of global team management.
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Why so many top executives start in accounting, consulting
BOSS delves into the career paths of the senior executives at Australia’s 20 biggest companies to discover where they started – and the critical skills and experience they gained.
- Sally Patten
‘The gap below Cartier and Tiffany’: Michael Hill’s luxury play
ASX-listed jeweller Michael Hill has been undergoing a major rebranding exercise.
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- Patrick Durkin
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Embedding customer service brings its own rewards
Companies that know how to satisfy customers – and deal with complaints ‘enthusiastically’ – can inspire a feel-good workplace culture.
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